and there also is his position on israel, which is really what's leading the charge against him right now. and there are other issues like gay rights that are leading the charge against him on the democratic side. this is a very tough battle for the president. he shouldn't be putting forward nominees without backing them up as they drop the name, because chuck hagel's been frankly hanging out and getting beat up from the left and the right and that's not what you do to your nominees if you want them to have a clear sail through the senate confirmation process. >> this is a fight that the president's prepared to take on. the fact is that the republicans want to take on our republican nominee for a role, that's something that frankly from a w. we can hold air caucus together. i'm not concerned with the democrats going sideways here. they don't like the fact that hagel was against the whole situation with cheney and a lot of other issues during the bush era that they did not like and they are trying to push him over the ledge now. >> with all of that being said, when it comes to presiden